I’m happy to report we finished Corban’s valentines a whole day early, and I didn’t have to go to the store to buy any supplies for them. Success!
(Tulips to brighten up a freezing rain kind of day and celebrate that our cats are locked in our bedroom for a few days working on some training issues…which I will have to share another time. Oh, and cats in bedroom = flowers are safe from getting eaten by them.)
Last year we were the lame ones who didn’t give out candy with our valentines (which, as a parent, I am great with, but I know the kids get excited about little treats). This year, Corban’s school doesn’t allow any food with valentines (score) but we had a bunch of glow sticks on hand, so there’s our treat. And since puns are not only encouraged but celebrated on Valentine’s Day, here’s what we ended up with:
I traced hearts onto card stock while Corban and Mara cut them out.
Haddon got to be in charge of handing out washi tape while the big kids carefully taped the glow sticks on.
I fixed about a third of the taped glow sticks so they were in the right spots and wrote out the pun while the kids played, and then Corban addressed each with his classmates’ names and signed his name. Oh, and decided which color glow stick each person would like—very important.
Now they are safely tucked in a box so the glow sticks don’t crack before they’re delivered.
Here’s another fun and easy valentine we made one year…
…and a less easy valentine (for that special someone, not your kid’s class).
We also just turned fruit snacks into butterflies with heart antennae one year.
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